Enemy Made Goods.

Progress, Volume XIV, Issue 8, 1 April 1919, Page 477

Enemy Made Goods.

Pottery manufacturers in the United Kingdom, says an Australian exchange, are much concerned at the report that large quantities of enemy-made pottery ware are ready to be placed on British markets as soon as peace is proclaimed. At a meeting on December 12 last, the matter was fully discussed, and a circular letter was subsequently sent out by the British Pottery Manufacturers' Federation (a body composed of ten different associations) conveying and supporting the resolutions then passed These ran as follows: . .1. That dealers be informed that pottery manufacturers will decline to supply any pottery goods to buyers "who sell or use any pottery of enemy origin, and that a committee be appointed to take such steps as may be necessary to carry this resolution into effect, and to. notify dealers thereof, and if any information is desired to confer with any of them upon any matters arising thereout

2. That this meeting of pottery manufacturers calls for an immediate declaration by the Government that the existing,, embargo on the importation of all kinds of pottery into this country will s be continued until 'the whole policy of ; dumping is settled.

3. That the said committee prepare as soon as possible a report on the measures necessary to secure the most effective means of preventing dumping of foreign pottery into this country.

4. That all manufacturers present pledge themselves not to buy any pottery materials or goods, including liquid gold, liquid silver, or lithos. coming from an enemy source.

Such concerted action as the first of these resolutions contemplates may prove impossible in face of the law against restraint of trade. Be that as it may, the Federation is determined to leave no stone unturned to prevent the dumping of enemy goods on British shores to the detriment of local manufacturers.